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SOLE. FOR BOOTS 0R SHOES.

No. 888.148. P81-, 884810820, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

GUILLAUME BOIVIN, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

SOLE FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,140, dated November 20, 1888. I Application tiled March 21, 1883. Serial Nc.267,97-1. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern.-

Be it known that I, GUILLAUME Boivin, of Montreal, in the Provinceof Quebec, Ganada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soles for Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan of one form of sole embodying my invention; Fig; 2, an edge View thereof, and Fig. 3 a section on line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. L.tis a plan of another form of sole embodying my invention; Fig. 5, a side view thereof, and Fig. 6 a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a plan, and Figs. 8 and 9 sectional views, of apparatus used in making soles embodying my invention. l

Short soles, so called, have long been known, and many attempts have been made to make them practical, but hitherto with little or no success, the main practical difficulty being in making a proper joint between the sheet-sole and the piece and to complete it.

My invention consists, mainly,in a short sole 'combined with a heellift, one or more, and

one or more filling-pieces which piece out and complete the short sole. Minor features of my invention will be pointed out hereinafter.

In the drawings, ais the short sole; b, the heel-lift; d, the lling-pieces, and f an extra lift, (shown in this case as a split-lift heel rand.)

In making my sole for machine Vhandwork I assemble the fillings d and the sole a on the bed A and within the jaws A A2, the sole a being in the holder D. I next place the heel-lift b on the filling-pieces d and then partially close the jaws A A2, so as to compress the short sole against the filling-pieces d and compressing them together. The follower B is then brought firmly down, clamping all the parts in place, and the jaws A A2 are forced with a considerable pressure against the parts. All the joints are thus made close, and all the parts are held each pressed close against its neighbors. The parts are then tacked or pegged, or otherwise securely connected, after which the jaws are opened and the short sole,

as shown in Figs. l and 2, removed.

In making my improved short sole for general use I assemble the parts as before, but put the heel-lift b (one or more) first in place,

then the filling-pieces d d', Ste., and the short sole a in place, adding lastly the eXtra lift (or rand) f. The same apparatus is used as before, except that the holder D for the short sole a has a bottom plate, D', as shown in Fig.

` used in lieu of several smaller pieces with considerable economy, and it will also be clear that short soles made with but one fillingpiece d embody my invention, which is the combination of the short sole, by means of heel-lift, with the filling d,whether that filling be one piece or many, the only difference being that the economy is greater where many pieces are used for the filling.

` I have shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3 only one heel-lift b,- but of course the entire heel may be built before the soleis attached to the upper.

Another` advantage of my invention is in the perfection of the heel-seat, which is obtained by the use of a lift between the sole and the upper at the heel. In Figs. l, 2, and 3 the lift is best made in the usual form of a heellift, except that it is skived at its inner end; but where uthe usual heel-lift is upon the outer surface of the sole, as in Figs. 4, 5, and itis better to make the eXtra lift f in the form of a split lift, as a concave recess is thus formed to receive the convex-heel portion of the lasted shoe. This lift f, between the heel portion of the sole and the heel portion of the upper isin itself new with me and constitutes a feature of my invention, which can be used with advantage in full-length soles.

A third advantage of my improved short sole is that by merely altering the filling the short sole cut by the same dies can be used for either an extension edge or a close-edge shoe, for the length the sole can be practically increased by using a longer filling, which increases in length will cause the edge to project well beyond the upper all around the fore part. This is a matter of much practical importance, as willbe clear to all manufacturers of boots and shoes.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The improved short sole, consisting of sole a, heel-lift b, and filling d, substantially as to lie between the soie and the heel portions described. of the upper, all substantially as described.

2. The combination with thesole a,fi11in0P d, v Y and heeriifn b, of the xmnfcf, subst-Vanuiny GUILLAUME BOWIN' 5 as described. XV'itnesses:

3. In combination with a boot or shoe sole, J. E. MAYNADIER, the lift f, skivcd at its inner end and arranged J. R. SNOW. 

